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Would You Go On A “Holidate” To Find Love?

Please extend a warm Single-ish welcome my friend Amy, who I met through the Sundance Film Festival. I thought I've had some interesting dating adventures, but her story blows mine out of the water

Hanging out with Ryan.

What’s up, Glamour readers? Here’s the deal: I moved to LA from Chicago (one of Ryan's favorite towns) two years ago (after a breakup and for a new job). Mostly it has been great. My life is not exactly The Hills, but the weather is amazing and I get to see palm trees and random celebrities almost daily. Even so, after two years I was still single. And dating in LA is different from dating in the Midwest. So when I was approached to be on Holidate while shopping at Sephora in Santa Monica, it seemed so obvious.

Me with the very persuasive producers of Holidate.

Being single in LA, of course I would I look for love on a reality dating show. It was practically a Hollywood rite of passage, no? Holidate is based on the movie The Holiday (with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, both of whom Ryan probably doesn't like because they're blonde) where two women switch places. I was chosen to switch with a woman named Nina and go on three blind dates in Atlanta.

I was excited for the adventure, but very, very nervous about dating on TV. Blind dates are scary enough without the crazy experience of doing it on a reality show. After I arrived down South, I was mostly nervous about having ugly hair on television (Atlanta was humid, I tell you).

The three dates were awesome--canoeing, snorkeling with sharks, amazing restaurants--but they were definitely blind dates. I didn’t know anything about the guys or the date activities until I got out of the limo. It felt like emotionally jumping out of an airplane every time.

This is either when Sheldon told me that his favorite singer was Jewel or that his hobby was going to the mall with his friends.

You have to watch to see if I found looooooove (my episode starts airing tonight on Soapnet), but I definitely had an amazing experience. There are a lot of ways to meet someone, and while I was nervous about looking lame on TV, I was proud that I put myself out there.Would YOU go on a Holidate to find love?(polling)What’s the craziest date you’ve been on? If you had to be on a reality show, which one would you choose? Do you think Ryan puts himself out there enough?